‘Racism reducing my desire to play’
Updated On: 27 March, 2024 07:30 AM IST | Madrid | AFP
Real Madrid’s Brazil star Vinicius Jr breaks down on eve of Spain clash; reveals he’s a constant target of racial abuse, but vows to keep fighting
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Brazil’s Vinicius Jr in tears during a press conference in Madrid on Monday. Pic/Getty Images
Brazil winger Vinicius Junior said his desire to play football was reducing as incidents of racial abuse aimed at him piled up in Spain, during a tearful media appearance Monday.
The Real Madrid forward has suffered abuse from opposition fans on many occasions in recent years, with one incident in Valencia in May provoking worldwide outrage. Spain will face Vinicius’s Brazil at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday under the slogan “One Skin” to help combat racism.
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